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If I can't think of a boy's name, think it means we're having a girl?

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bohemianbint · 04/04/2008 15:18

Ok, I know its as "old wifey" as you can get, but honestly, last time I couldn't think of a nice girl's name, and we got a boy. This time there is not a boy's name under the sun that will do.

I had a friend who had the same thing. Do you think you subconsciously know? Or is it all rubbish?

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MrsDiorKeanuReeves · 04/04/2008 15:19

No, we couldn't decide on a boy's name and got a boy! We had a list as long as your arm for a girl too!

meemar · 04/04/2008 15:20

When I was pg both times we had lists of girls names we loved and could not agree on boys names at all.

I have 2 sons. They did both end up with names though

osyth · 04/04/2008 15:20

I think you are right. I'm not even pregnant yet but I know that when we have baby no2 it will be a boy because we both agree on the name Rory but I change my mind about girls names from day to day. I subconsciously knew that ds was a boy even though we had a girls name picked too.

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bohemianbint · 04/04/2008 15:22

Ha, so that pretty much blows that theory then. Better pull our fingers out and find a decent boy's name then!

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Buda · 04/04/2008 15:22

Well I wasn't worried about boy's names as I KNEW I was having a girl. Laura.

DS really wouldn't suit being called Laura!!

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bohemianbint · 04/04/2008 15:23

oops, x-post osyth!

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iliketosleep · 04/04/2008 23:27

I couldnt think of a boys names but loads of girls names although i was convinced i was having a boy.

Turns out shes not a he after all lol

Same thing goes with other dc so maybe its right

3andnomore · 04/04/2008 23:28

I always found it far easier to pick girlsnames, tbh....and I have 3 boys...so, girlsname weren't that useful to me, lol!

Flibbertyjibbet · 04/04/2008 23:42

Nope, we had a name for ds1 that would do for boy or girl depending on the spelling. (The ILs spell it the girls way but thats another thread )
For ds2 we just couldn't think of a 2nd boys name we liked as much but had a few girls ones lined up.
So 2 days old the nurses come round to do the hearing test, ask his name and I say 'he doesn't have a name yet'.
'But you've had 9 months to think of one!!'
'Er, yes, and its Natalie'

That evening DP came and I was all post section and hormonal and missing ds1 and he wore me down to his choice of boys name that I've never really liked. Thats also another thread

Alishanty · 05/04/2008 10:23

Last time we had a boys and girls name picked out and we ended up with a boy. This time we didn't even discuss boys names, decided on a girls name and have found out we are having a girl so I think sometimes you do know!

Peachy · 05/04/2008 10:25

Took us ages to think of boys names for the babies.... wehad all bvoys. if only it were so easy to predict LOL

Think girls names are easiest- much more variety- but after 4 boys I would think that

mindalina · 05/04/2008 10:25

We had a list of girls names we loved as long as my arm, but not a single boy's name - yes we had a boy I did have a dream very early on in my pregnancy where I gave birth to a baby boy, which I think was a bit of a tip-off

MadameCh0let · 05/04/2008 10:50

When I was on babycentre April 05 birth board I did an informal survey on the people who weren't finding out the sex from a sonogram.

I think women's guesses aren't always right, but if they have a strong feeling one way or the other, they are right about 85% percent of the time.

That was the result of my small and informal study of about 150 people. I entered their names onto a spreadsheet and everything. I was really interested in the connection between gut instinct and being right.

motherinferior · 05/04/2008 10:52

Nope, I couldn't think of a girl's name in my second pregnancy. Wurbled and wurbled.

Admittedly I did think I'd given birth to a boy for about 30 seconds, but that's the effect of gas and air and the enormously swollen labia new girls have.

PortAndLemon · 05/04/2008 10:57

We found it far more diffcult to think of a boy's name when we were having DS, and far more difficult to think of a girl's name when we were having DD.

becklespeckle · 05/04/2008 14:13

Well with DS1 & 2 I had no girl's names, only boys. There was not a girl's name that was 'right'.

So naturally when I was pg again and could only think of boy's names I assumed I was having another son - I was wrong! Thankfully we had a girl's name we sort of liked and it suits her perfectly.

Mum2b2BabyRoo · 05/04/2008 20:13

We have struggled to think of names for girls while we like so many boys names - which has convinced us now that we are going to have a boy! Don't mind either way, but I guess after reading this we are going to have to start thinking a little harder about girls names!

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